Woman Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Berks Crash Police

A 65-year-old patient at the Hamburg Center was fatally injured yesterday afternoon in a four-car crash in which six other persons were injured on Route 61, a quarter-mile south of Hamburg.

The victim, Margaret Kelly, was transported to the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in the MedEvac helicopter. She was pronounced dead in the emergency room at 4:18 p.m.

Lehigh County Coroner Robert C. Weir said the cause of death is still under investigation.

State police at Hamburg said the accident happened at 2:25 p.m. when a southbound car driven by Sandi Akye Kline, 19, of 416 N. 6th St., Hamburg, slid on the wet highway into the northbound lanes.

Troopers said the Kline car was struck by northbound cars driven by Darrell Fry, 32, of Hamburg R.3, and Wayne P. Siegfried, 69, of 534 Mulberry St., Reading. A third northbound car driven by Yvonne A. Weir, 24, of 38 Peacock St., Pottsville, rammed the rear of the Fry vehicle.

Kline, Fry, and a passenger in his car, Jean Kutz, 32, of Frieden Manor, Schuylkill Haven, were admitted to Reading Hospital for treatment of multiple trauma. All are listed in satisfactory condition.

Troopers said the victim also was a passenger in the Fry car.

Seigfried and a passenger in his car, Ellen J. Reaser, 72, of 534 Mulberry St., Reading, were both admitted to St. Joseph Hospital. Both are listed in fair condition. He is being treated for broken wrist and she for multiple injuries.

Weir was treated at Reading Hospital and released.

The injured were transported to hospitals in the Schuylkill Valley, Northeast Berks, Hamburg and Muhlenberg ambulances.